➰ 🎵 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍'𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 🎵➰

🔹 Originally a song by English singer 𝑵𝒊𝒌 𝑲𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒘, this song appears on Nik's second studio album 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 21, 1984.

🔹 Upon its release, the song became an international success, reaching the top ten of the charts in several countries.

Photo credit: Thomas Geffrier, Wouldn't it be Good single cover / Edit by Laetitia

🔹According to Kershaw, the song was about "𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒".

🔷 𝗡𝗶𝗸 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘄 - 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗱 (𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟱)
🎥 https://bit.ly/2Vmsm8W 🎸


🔹 The song has been covered by Placebo in 2009 and can be found as a 𝒃-𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉.

🔹 It's quite interesting that Placebo covers this song because of the lyrics that fit perfectly with the Placebo spirit.

🔹 The song is presented as a conversation between two completely different people (𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑒 / 𝑇ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒)who are unhappy with their respective situations and are filled with envy towards each other's posture (𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒). And they both pass the quid by saying that their situation is nothing to be envied because their individual struggles are just as difficult for each other (𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 / 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑡). A song about envy, dissatisfaction and the inner struggle it takes to get there, to feel good / better.

Screenshots from Taratata (2006) / Edit by Laetitia

🔹 For me, I interpret this song as an internal duality. The kind of conversation you can have with yourself that sometimes is encouraging and sometimes shows you everything in black and how difficult it is to get out of this vortex of depression (𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒)that prevents you from really realising that the situation, whatever it is, is not as catastrophic as you think.

🔹 However, I think that the central point of the song lies in the last sentence: 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 ? Because in the end, that would be the solution to live happily and serenely...

🔷 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 - 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗮 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵)
🎥 https://bit.ly/3BvmF0q 🎸

🔶 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙁𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙎𝙊𝙉𝙂

🔸 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒌 𝑲𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒘'𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 ?
💬 I love the contrast between the music and the lyrics of this song. The music is quite light, pop, while the lyrics are dark. And it's one of the songs that we grew up with, so we have a soft spot for it. So we decided to record it as a b-side for one of our singles. We did it mostly for fun. The recording session was very enjoyable.
✅ 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕 -𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚣 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 - 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝟸0𝟷0

Photo credit: Trip Fontaine

🔸 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 "𝘿𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡"...
💬 Great choice !

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝘽-𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙠 𝙆𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 "𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙄𝙩 𝘽𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙". 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 ?
💬 (𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴) Well, it's a song that's been in my head since I was a kid. Nik Kershaw did a lot of hits when I was a kid, but the only song I liked was Wouldn't it Be Good. There's such a mood of despair in that song, even though the melody is very positive. You know, I have a list of songs I'd like to cover one day in my computer. And Nik Kershaw sounded right. When we do covers, we go into the rehearsal studio and we have fun. It's like taking a holiday. The song also has to suit us as a band, and that was the case here. Probably the best choice we made was Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.
✅ 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚘 - 𝚅𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 - 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸00𝟿

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⭐️𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧: 𝐍𝐈𝐊 𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐖⭐️

⭐️Today, an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer 𝐍𝐈𝐊 𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐖 celebrates his 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘🎉🎉🎉
Placebo covered his song 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 and released it as B-side on the single For What It’s Worth in 2009.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨)
➡ https://bit.ly/3oMuHuX

Photo credits unknown, edit by Olga

⭐️𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑲𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒘 was born on 1st March 1958 in Bristol and grew up in Ipswich where he discovered his love for music. His father was an architect and flautist in the town’s orchestra and his mother trained as an opera singer. He describes himself as a late developer, first picking up a guitar when he was 15, as a result of watching a TV documentary on 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆. On the next couple of years Nik played in some local bands which helped him to turn professional.
▪️Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist with his global hit singles 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 and his biggest hit, 𝑰 𝑾𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑮𝒐 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒆.
▪️His 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart through 1984 and 1985 beat all other solo artists. Kershaw appeared at the dual-venue concert Live Aid in 1985 and has also recorded a number of hits for other artists.
▪️After stepping out of the limelight to concentrate on writing and producing, Nik wrote Chesney Hawkes’s 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 and has collaborated with Elton John, Sia, Gary Barlow and Bonnie Tyler, whilst continuing to release his own well-reviewed studio albums, featuring his distinctive voice and highly personal lyrics.
𝑵𝒊𝒌 𝑲𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒘’𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆:
➡ https://www.nikkershaw.net/


🔶𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 was the second single from Kershaw's debut solo album 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 (1984) and turned out to be among his more popular single releases. It spent three weeks at number four on the UK charts and became a hit throughout Europe, as well as a top 10 hit in Canada and Australia.
According to Kershaw, the song was about "always wanting it better than everyone else", a concept which the director of the video [graphic designer Storm Thorgerson] further developed and integrated into the video plot of Kershaw being the alien who steps into other people's shoes. But in the end the alien realises that it wasn't such a good idea at all, and decides to return to his home planet.


🔶You have to admit that Nik Kershaw uses quite an interesting way of composing.

𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓; 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝑰𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅?
📢𝐍𝐢𝐤 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐰: I’d been playing in fusion bands before, and guitar was what I learned my trade on. But when it comes to solos and stuff, I’m not the most spontaneous guy on the block. If I just sit down and play over a few chords, it sounds pretty much like everybody else. I’ve got the same licks as everybody else, pretty much, and it doesn’t satisfy me as someone listening to the record. So what I usually end up doing is just looping the track and just singing different bits over it and then sticking it together and then learning how to play them. I still do that. Obviously if I’m singing it, it’s a direct line from my brain to my mouth, and it’s just ‘bang!’ there it is. "
(𝐸𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 2017)

Photo credit: BnMusic (Kershaw), Screenshots from TV show Taratata, edit by Silke

𝐍𝐢𝐤 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐰 - 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
➡ https://bit.ly/3GKEEyZ

🔶By Placebo, the song was only played live 5 times during April to May 2009 but the only performance recorded seems to be the first one, at the French TV show Taratata on April 6th, 2009. At the other 4 shows, it was played as an encore.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
➡ https://bit.ly/34SqBtZ


🔶For both Brian and Stef, it’s a track from their teenage years, the time when their now great music taste started to form.
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “Well, this is a song that sits in my brain since I was little. Nik Kershaw had lots of hits at the time I was growing up, but the only song I liked was "Wouldn't it be good". There is such a strange atmosphere of desperation in this song, even though the hook line is very positive.”
(𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 19𝑡ℎ 2009)

📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: “This song is from the 80's, from my childhood. It sounds like a pop song, music is upbringing, but it works on many levels, lyrics are very dark. That's why it was interesting for us to play it.”
(𝐷𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑎.𝑙𝑣, 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2009)


I think, in their cover, Placebo underlined and intensified what they exactly liked about the song. They made the melody even more upbeat for stronger contrast to the desperate lyrics. It’s kind of their emblematic duality, isn’t it?

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